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Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum, 1792) 
AphiaID: 159785

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Tautogolabrus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tautogolabrus Günther, 1862
Synonymised
taxa		  Ctenolabrus brandaonis Steindachner, 1867
 Labrus adspersus Walbaum, 1792
 Tautogolabrus brandaonis (Steindachner, 1867)
Sources  basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch cunner  [details]
English bait-stealer  [details]
English bergall  [details]
English cachogset  [details]
English chogset  [details]
English nipper  [details]
English sea perch  [details]
English vieille  [details]
French achigan de mer  [details]
French tanche-tautogue  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (170 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feed on molluscs, crustaceans, barnacles, sea urchins, marine worms, sea squirts, fish; cease feeding in winter [details]

Distribution: Nova Scotia and Gulf of St. Lawrence to Chesapeake Bay [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Found in shallow inshore waters on or near bottoms, to depths of 10 m. [details]

Importance: Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details]

Reproduction: Spawn from July to August [details]
Images 
Tautogolabrus adspersus - cunner
Tautogolabrus adspersus - cunner
added on 2010-07-19 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Cunner (small)
Cunner (small)
added on 2012-04-18 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159785
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 09:27:08Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum, 1792). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159785 on 2013-05-22
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